WinPhoto(3)

🎀 WinPhoto(3) — straight from the perl/Tk Documentation 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the cutest little window-snapshot era ✨ like, this is the page for Tk::WinPhoto, and it’s giving grab-a-Photo-from-a-window energy 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

Tk::WinPhoto — load a Photo image from a window 🫶 no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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use Tk;
use Tk::WinPhoto;

my $image = $mw->Photo(-format => 'Window', -data => oct($mw->id));
$image->write($path_name, -format => 'BMP|PPM|XPM');

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This is an extension for Tk800.* that loads a Photo image from a snapshot of an X window — and the window is specified by the -data option 💖.

The window must exist and be visible, periodt. Because the code allows you to capture windows not owned by Tk, it does not attempt to enforce this. If you’re capturing one of Tk’s windows, then use $w->update ✨.

If the window is mapped but obscured by other windows, then what is captured is the rectangle the window would occupy. This can be considered a feature 💅. For Tk-owned windows, $w->raise can be used to bring the window forward 🫶.

Once the Photo is loaded, it can be saved using $image->write(-format => ...) using any of the formats which support writing 👑. That’s the whole vibe: load, then write, then slay.

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com> ✨

mwah 💋 — this iconic page is WinPhoto(3) from Tk804.036, dated 2025-07-31. bye bestie 🎀